“This renewed dialogue with the State will now be based on women and men who derive their legitimacy from their work and their logic in the field”, he added, pleading for “a new form of dialogue that is more open, more diverse, more representative of the diversity of Islam in France”.
Learning from the past
“From now on, there will no longer be”, for the public authorities, “a single representative of the Muslim faith, competent on all subjects, but collectives organized by theme to obtain concrete results”, he said, wanting to learn from the “failures” of the French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM) which had been, since 2003, the privileged interlocutor of the public authorities, but was undermined by internal struggles.
“Get Organized! “, launched the Minister of the Interior Darmanin. In the morning, four working groups examined four subjects considered to be priorities: the organization of chaplaincies (military, penitentiary, hospital), the professionalization of imams, the application of the so-called law against “separatism” and finally the securing of places of worship and anti-Muslim acts.
What funding?
On the first subject, Gérald Darmanin assured that the government would be “alongside” Muslims “so that imams have a status” and in particular “social protection”.